Poem-a-Day

Poem-a-Day is the original, daily poetry series featuring new poems by today’s poets. Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this free digital series is made possible by you, our readers and listeners. Theme music by Kat Rejsek. Audio engineering by Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
1526
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "In the ن of it all"
5 min
1527
Hao Guang Tse: "to give the thing a name that ...
1 min
1528
Sarojini Naidu: "June Sunset"
3 min
1529
Alexander Posey: "Seashells"
1 min
1530
Jon-Michael Frank: "[there must be one thing yo...
2 min
1531
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
1532
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
1533
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
1534
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
1535
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1536
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1537
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1538
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1539
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1540
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1541
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1542
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1543
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1544
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1545
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1546
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1547
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1548
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1549
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1550
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min